The United Nations General Assembly designated October 15th as International Day of Rural Women, recognizing the critical rural rural, indigenous women play in rural development.

"Rural women are key agents for achieving the transformational economic, environmental and social changes required for sustainable development. But limited access to credit, health care and education are among the many challenges they face, which are further aggravated by the global food and economic crises and climate change. Empowering them is key not only to the well-being of individuals, families and rural communities, but also to overall economic productivity, given women’s large presence in the agricultural workforce worldwide"- United Nations

Here are six women we love in honor of this day...

Margaret Tucker was was one of Australia's earliest and most notable Aboriginal activists

Photo via: (William Cooper (left), his second cousin, Margaret Tucker (second from left), and other family members, in 1936)

She campaigned for indigenous rights and was one of the founding members of the Australian Aborigines' League. n the 1960s she founded the United Council of Aboriginal and Islander Women and in 1964 was the first Indigenous appointee to the Victorian Aborigines Welfare Board

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